NOTE: Also take a look at The Underground Railroad for an extensive list of DIY venues throughout Pennsylvania.
Doylestown
A Very Communal Commotion
hi, im joe and im all about providing for the diy musician.
3 stores in my town have agreed to let all age donation based shows happen.
these stores are in less than a block of eachother,
but cannot host long events.
so i devised a plan to have one band play each store.
each band has an hour set time. and so the show moves from store to store.
(the cigar parlor, estetiks sneaker shop, and siren records)
the headliner plays at the local record shop "SIREN RECORDS"
im calling this concept "A VERY COMMUNAL COMMOTION"
i am doing this to provide a space for the traveling band.
and also bring the noise back a dying art scene.
these will be donation based shows.
and they will happen every last saturday of the month.
i can provide a place to sleep.
and food as well!
i am also a blog!
CONTACT: joemontone@inbox.com
Elizabethtown
The Basement
We are a basement, particularly interested in acoustic/folk/indie
music, but we are open to anything that isn't too loud. Mostly weekend
shows, but sometimes we do shows during the week. Hit us up at thebasementpa@gmail.com or send us a myspace message.
Gettysburg
Itsonbooking
We book Hardcore and Punk Shows.
Harrisburg
The House of One Accord
Shows held monthly. Check the blogs. Various music styles and themes to the events. We will mostly be doing punk rock shows, but our definition of "punk" has a broad musical meaning. All shows are open to the public, all ages, etc. Sometimes featuring potluck, food and drinks or anything anyone wants to bring. But we have drinks and snacks for sale also.
Seer Productions
We live in an urban communal housing building operated under a local college and can host some shows there. (There are also a few house venues and coffee shops in the city should we not be able to help you out.) Right now we do not own our own PA system, though we may be able to borrow one when necessary. Sleeping arrangements can be made. Free laundry services. Probably free food. Hospitable and active residents. All donations support touring artists (and perhaps a portion for any local artists - no guarantees). We can book locals or campus-based artists, but if you have one or two local acts in mind already, that's even better. All genres may inquire, though we will favor quieter performers, especially those who need no PA system, but don't let that stop you from inquiring. Email LAXPWIL@yahoo.com with subject "GIG REQUEST FOR _______". Include your artist name, link to music, date of request, and any other relevant info, and we will see whether we can put something together.
Hershey
Dan's Auto Body
i have a shitload of garage space although I usually have shows in my living room
Johnstown
709 Railroad Street
a not-for-profit, collectively-run artspace and venue, located in a renovated old warehouse in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. We're all-ages, and can do shows any night of the week.
Bands looking for shows, check the calendar to see if the date you want is open. If it is, send an email to bands_709@yahoo.com. From there, your email is forwarded to all of the independent promoters who do shows here. Please don't message the myspace page. Please use bands_709@yahoo.com. This way, it's easy to forward your email to everyone on the list. Thanks.
Artists looking for shows, please send an email to art_709@yahoo.com. Someone will get back to you on what you'll need to send, etc. Again, please don't message the myspace page. Use art_709@yahoo.com instead. Thanks.
For general questions or just to say "hey," send us an email at railroad_street@yahoo.com.
Lancaster
Boat People
booking of select artists for shows in Art Spaces, Warehouses, Pastures and Discerning Dive Bars...
Captain of Compliments' House
All ages venue in a quiet rivertown in Pennsylvania devoted to helping small touring bands find a place to play. Open to any styles of music. At this point all shows are weekend shows. We ask that bands can offer show trades.
Manheim
Laserdome
ALL of our shows are all ages. Every Saturday night we have deal where for $20 (as a customer) you get all you can play laser tag,halo3, and LIVE MUSIC! while the bands play we have a state of the art laser light show that goes on right above there heads as they perform.
When bands play here they get EVERYTHING at laserdome for free. Which includes food, drink,laser tag,halo3,and tokens.
Philadelphia
Breakfast and Dessert
a house in West Philadelphia with a big basement and six friendly people living in it. We are open to all-ages and encourage you to BYOB. Music (usually) ends by 10pm by afterparties are to be anticipated. Always feel free to email us (breakfastanddessert@gmail.com) or myspace message us for more info.
The Carriage House
The Carriage House is a the offspring of a two qualities. Take the awesomeness of DIY and combine it with the hospitality of a bed and breakfast. That is The Carriage House. Contact us at OnlyOneCarriageHouse@gmail.com
Danger Danger Gallery
5013 BALTIMORE AVE. PHILADELPHIA, PA
Emit J. Es | oF TBA
I am not a venue but I can help set something up.. preferably something ridiculous where 'too many people' will show up.. bathrooms, (peaceful-musical)boycotts/sit-ins, woods, barns (to the more cliche) basements, living rooms, garages and I do, however have a few
ephemeral places I book for, but these shows are usually left open to my immediate friends.. but there are acceptions to the everything? Don't be confused, you can make your precious monies to keep your motion but bring merch. just in case.. and play from the depths of your emptiness!
ConTact:
Emit AT TBA@RiseUp.Net (or) MySpace.Com/TheBadAcronym with the dates you are interested in and your idea of your elaborate performance.. please.. nothing boring! "The world has yawned itself to sleep with your kind."
Eris Temple
only doing 1-2 shows a month. like to showcase experimental and non-mainstream music of all types, and they also have a store front with an art gallery space, where they normally display art. interested in multimedia performances for the future- video projections, poetry, theater etc.
Everybody's Home Crew/Wynne Records
We are a group of men who live in West Philly. We put on all types of shows at the Bernie Mac Memorial Museum (our house) and other random venues that we fall into in the Philly area. Would love to help as many acts as possible. We also run an Every Type of Art Collective (EHC), so if you're interested in mixed media shows, well so are we! contact the Wynne Records Myspace or get me at iamwynnerecords@gmail.com.
Flash Mob Productions
We are interested in working with bands, promoters, and managers that execute show trades and are looking to build a relationship. Contact us at FlashMobPro@gmail.com
The Ox
A DIY music venue, art space, and living quarters within an old warehouse located in the Fishtown/ Old Kensington area of Philadelphia. We host a variety of bands from hardcore, punk, folk, indie pop, noise, etc. Shows usually end by midnight to respect our neighbors. Shows are generally preferable towards the weekend.
For booking-related inquiries send us a message on myspace or email oxmusichouse@gmail.com.
The Parlor Collective
we are a collective house in south philadelphia,
1349 s. 29th st, philadelphia PA 19146, 484 904 8008 but emails at the parlorcollectice@gmail.com are prefered
so yeah.. we are 5 folks, a pooch and a cat and we host monthly art openings and musical acts. through out the month we try to have at least one other show as well. we will be having a benefit show in december and other things coming up soon. we are raising money to create a print studio in the basement. three of us are queer and we are a non meat household, incase any travelers are curious. we're working on getting a better flow happening and having more people involved. we were in a parade last week called the People Hood Pageant and Parade which is a part of spiral q puppet theatre. One of us owns the space so we are free to do almost anything with it.
Pilam
the East Coast punk rock toga party for well over two decades now
Sherman Community Arts
an organization that promotes community building through music, films, and arts events. promotes the idea of supporting local musicians, local venues, local economy, and Artist's rights and resources. such venues as The Rotunda, The Green Line Cafe, The Marvelous Store, Tritone, and more.
Strawberry Mansion
we welcome local and touring bands. we try to space shows out to no more than 1 per week to keep the neighbors happy. feel free to email me at colbybrown88[at]gmail[dot]com or message us through this here myspace.
The Titan House
We are starting off with shows around twice a month. local/touring band welcome. our landlord and neighbors are great, so we can be flexible on start times to try to get as many people here as we can. we like to do a lot of different shows. punk, indie, hardcore, metal, acoustic, whatever. we are all in bands and into all different kinds of music, so let us know what date you need and we can see if we can make it happen. weekends are preferred but weekdays could work depending on our situation.
thetitanhouse@yahoo.com
Pittsburgh * Also check out Do it Again, Pittsburgh! & Pittsburgh House Shows
222 Ormsby
Were off the hook.
we let people couch surf in and out of this place.
we love punk!
we love alot of Things and we want the things we love to be awesome!
The Doo-Wop
we throw two to three shows a month starting up fully in July 2009. shows
are usually donation based and acoustic, but its not always the case. shows
trades welcome. we expect you to bleed on your banjos.
Southampton
Bordz Skatepark
Smaller indoor skate park / shop located about 35-40 minutes outside of philadelphia. We book shows mainly on friday and saturday nights, but if you contact us a couple months in advance we can put shows on most week nights as well.
Usually 4 bands a show 30 min set up time, 30-45 min to play but were very flexible. stage size 14X18. most shows start at 7:00 load in for the first band around 6:30. but you can show up as early as you want. locals & touring take a % of the door. touring acts we usually dont do to many guarentees but we try to kick as much money your way as possible and make sure the shows gte well promoted. We can also try to feed and hydrate you to our best abilities, contact in advance if you need a place to stay or are starving.
pa system varies we rent & borrow. we try our best to make it loud.
the shop also has band consignment for cds,lps, and t shirts.\\
we always have open show slots and dates the genres we mainly book are rock and roll, garage, psychedlic, pop, noise, electronic, punk rock and jazz. Sometimes we put on metal, grind and hardcore shows. we welcome all that is ridiculous and crusty.
address: 614 Second Street Pike
e-mail: BordzBooking@yahoo.com
telephone contact: Craig - 267-455-3000 OR Zach - 215-622-7441
when booking please have some form of audio for us to hear, internet, cd, lp, email
or call for before you mail anything po box 119. southampton pa 18966
Strinestown
Haus of Giuff
We host any and all
interested independent artists willing to perform. We are located on a
private lane with 5 acres (3 of it woods!) so we host outside shows as well
as indoor shows. We are supported by donations (typically we ask for $5)
all money goes towards the bands. We can be contacted at
kprxradio@gmail.com.
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